Australia’s Test tour of the West Indies begins Thursday exclusive to ESPN – The first Australia Men’s team tour of the West Indies in a decade will be broadcast live and exclusive on ESPN across Australia and New Zealand, with the first Test beginning Thursday June 26.
Australia will look for redemption as the new World Test Championship cycle begins with the tour of the Caribbean in a three Test series.
The first Test between Australia and the West Indies is live and exclusive on ESPN, beginning Thursday June 26 at 12am AEST from Kensington Oval, Bridgetown.
Coverage of the West Indies tour will be available live and exclusive on ESPN and accessible to viewers on Disney+, Foxtel, Kayo Sports, Fetch TV, Sky NZ and Sky Sports Now, as part of the most widely distributed dedicated sports network in Australia and New Zealand.
Australia is touring the West Indies for the first time since 2015, seeking to retain the Frank Worrell Trophy in the three Test series.
The two countries met in their most recent Test series back in 2024, where Australia and the West Indies tied the series 1-1.
The West Indies were winners in the last Test match between the pair thanks to an inspired bowling performance from Shamar Joseph delivering a famous victory.
The Test series against Australia represents the West Indies moving into a fresh era with an exciting young team led by newly appointed Test captain Roston Chase.
The home side will bring an impressive fast bowling brigade into the series, led by 2024 hero Shamar Joseph, Alzarri Joseph, Jayden Seales, and spinning options with captain Chase and vice-captain Jomel Warrican.
Australia is looking to respond from defeat in the World Test Championship Final against South Africa.
Recent Test debutants Sam Konstas and Josh Inglis will come into contention from the opening Test, amid injury to Australian star Steve Smith.
Steve Smith continues to recover from dislocating his finger in the World Test championship final against South Africa.
Australian captain Pat Cummins will lead the bowling attack and Nathan Lyon and Matt Kuhnemann are expected to play a part in the Test series with typically dry pitches anticipated across the three Test match series.
The West Indies’ Test series begins the new World Test championship cycle, and the series is set to be challenging with a variety of conditions awaiting Australia across the Caribbean.
Former Australian internationals Greg Blewett and Brad Haddin plus West Indian greats Ian Bishop and Daren Ganga will join ESPN throughout the Australia-West Indies Test series.
They will feature throughout the Test series from the Caribbean, covering all the Test matches and T20 internationals and join ESPN’s Around The Wicket program.
ESPN’s Around The Wicket will air live following each day of the Test series, recapping all the highlights from the Caribbean and ensuring Australian and New Zealand cricket fans can follow everything in the West Indies vs Australia Test match series.
Throughout Australia’s tour of the Caribbean, ESPN provides cricket fans with extensive live and on-demand coverage, ball-by-ball commentary, highlights and onsite reporting on ESPN.com.au and the ESPN app.
ESPN will have live and exclusive coverage of all three Test matches and five Twenty20 internationals between Australia and the West Indies.
The second Test match moves to Grenada starting July 4 on ESPN.
Australia vs West Indies on ESPN
June 26-June 30
12am AEST, First Test: West Indies vs Australia, ESPN
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Australia’s Test tour of the West Indies begins Thursday exclusive to ESPN
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